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Recent Examples of serpent Non-venomous serpents include rat, garter, bull and water snakes. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2025 The image in the lower left-hand corner is similar to the one on the Mexican flag: an eagle devouring a serpent. Geraldo Cadava, New Yorker, 23 July 2025 The mom had been planning on enlisting the help of her better half in dealing with the serpent intruder. Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025 One of those items was a $9,000 vintage French serpent bracelet in 18-karat gold and enamel, according to the report. Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for serpent
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Noun
  • Kentucky is home to various types of venomous snakes and spiders, but there's another pest in the commonwealth that's considered the most deadly animal in the world, despite its small size.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Modern lizards and snakes share this feature, while the tuatara has retained the older condition of a complete bar, making its skull stronger but less mobile.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Comedy Central series' new episode, which aired Wednesday, continued its season-long thread of mocking Trump and depicting him in a romantic relationship with Satan.
    Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The show continues to run with its gag of depicting Trump with comically small genitals and as Satan’s lover.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Opponents aren’t just wrong anymore — they’re painted as traitors or existential threats.
    Marly Berlin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The show features reality TV stars and celebrity contestants who must play a game similar to Werewolf or Mafia and figure out who the traitors are among the group.
    Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Forty-five minutes later, the racetrack appears almost without warning — coiled like a basking viper in the Tuscan countryside.
    Jonathan Hawkins, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Trimeresurus nujiang, also known as the Nujiang green pit-viper, is a new arboreal, or tree-dwelling, snake species known only from the high-altitude evergreen forests that border the canyon in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, according to the study.
    Lauren Liebhaber September 2, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • If his dad is his guardian angel, looks like Dexter now has a devil on his shoulder, too.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The term Jab Jab itself comes from the French term for devil.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • It’s been three years since Spoon’s last album, Lucifer on the Sofa.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Griffin’s other credits include The Bad Guy, Jersey Boys, Lucifer and S.W.A.T., to name just a few.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2025

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“Serpent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serpent. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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